Beehive.



PATENTED MAR'. l24, 19x03.

J. F. THOMPSON.

BBEHIVE.

APPLIUATION FILED slim. ao, 1901.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN F. THOMPSON, OF AVA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HAIF TO ALEXANDER II. BUCHANAN, OF AVA, MISSOURI.

BEEHIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 723,424, dated March 24, 1903.

Application filed September 30, 1901. Serial IIe-77.093. (No model fo all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ava, in the county of Douglas and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beehives, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to beehives, and has special reference to a simple and practical construction of hive comprising means. for thoroughly protecting the bees against moths, while at the same time insuring their working under the best possible conditions.

A further object of the invention is to construct the hive in a simple and inexpensive manner, with the parts thereof so arranged as to be readily accessible." In this connection the invention contemplates improved means for opening up the hive in such armanner as to permit of ready access to both the sections or frames in Athe super and in the brood-chamber.

With these and many other objects in view,

which will more readily appear to those fay miliar with the art as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more ful-ly described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view Of a hive constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing the top cover and side door thrown open. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewv of the hive. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view thereof. view with the top cover and upper side door removed and also the several holding-boxes for the honey sectiousxor frames removed from the super. Fig. 5 is adetail in perspective of one of the open holding-boxes which are arranged in the super for the reception of the upper honeycomb-frames.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention the hive-body 1 essentially consists of a rectangular casing supported upon suitable supporting legs or standards 2 and provided with a V-shaped bottom 3, consisting, of downwardly-converg- Fig. t is a plan Y ent bottom boards 4;. The said V-shaped bottom 3 of the hive body or 'casing is provided in one side contiguous to its apex with a pluralit'y of bee-entrance openings 5, corresponding in number to the plurality of separate compartments (l of the lower brood-chamber 7, eachof the .bee-entrance openings 5 being in communication with one of the broodchamber compartments 6 at the bottom of such compartment. The main body portion of the hivebody or casing 1 incloses the brood-chamber 7, and within this chamber are fitted a series of vertical regularly-spaced partitions or walls S, which divide the broodchamber into a number of compartments 6, which compartments receive therein a series of brood or comb frames 9. f

Y The brood or comb frames 9 are of substantially'the ordinary form; but in the present invention the same are suspended Within the separate compartments 6 from the top thereof and are arranged side by side in close relation. To permit of the passage of the bees into and out of the said series of frames 9 in each brood chamber compartment 6, the

frames are provided in the contiguous edges of their upper and lower sides with matching notches 10, which necessarily form openings through which the bees may pass, those at the bottom ofthe frames .9 permitting the bees to enter the frames and those at the top of the frames permitting the bees to pass into the super 1l at the top of the hive body or casing.

vTherupper side pieces of the brood or comb frames 9 are extended at their ends to form held in and engaged by the flanged top cover- 16, hinged at one edge, as at 17, to the back extension forming a part of the super 11.

The super 11 accommodates therein a plurality of individual holding boxes 13, arranged removably and side by side on top of I OrO described it is observed that the hive-body is divided into a plurality of compartments which accommodate separate swarms of bees. By thus swarming the bees heat is generated which promotes their propagation, and conse'- quently increases the supply of honey.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and many advantages of the herein-described hive Will be readily apparent Without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

In abeehive, the hive-body having a bottom brood-chamber partitioned to form a plurality of compartments or rooms, and above said brood-chamber ,being provided with a super openV at the top and one side, a series of brood-f rames removably suspended Within each compartment of the brood-chamber and provided With matching openings at top and bottom, a series of holding-boxes open at top and bottom and arranged Within the super on top of said brood-frames, a plurality of honeysections arranged Within each of said boxes and provided at the bottom With openings registering with the top openings of the broodframes, a side door for the open side of the super, and a top cover for the open top thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN F. TI-IoMPsoN.

Witnesses:

A. J. SHEL'roN, MAUD DAVIS. 

